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Conference vaxuum::document_ft

Title:	DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:	New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)
Moderator:	CLOSET::ADLER

Created:	Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	897
Total number of notes:	4397

259.0. "Numbered List Problem" by CONRAD::SERACK (Ken Serack) Wed Apr 15 1987 20:14

    
    We are having problems with numbered lists.
    
    When the list number is less than or equal to 9, there is a 2 character
    space between the list number and the list item.
                                                                  
    When the list number is less than or equal to 99, there is a 1 character
    space between the list number and the list item.
    
    We can live with this (just barely :-). The real problem is as follows:
                                                                  
    When the list number is greater than 99, there is (depending
    on the doctype) either no space between the list number and the list
    item, or the number overwrites the list item. The latter is especially
    true when the numbers are terminated with periods.
    
    It would be very nice if document could put the same amount of space
    between the number and the list item no matter how large the list.
    
    Ken Serack
    DECwest Engineering

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
259.1	will think on it	CLOSET::ANKLAM		`Thu Apr 16 1987 18:27`	9
	that's tough one to implement, because it implies that DOCUMENT needs to know, whenever it does a list, how many items there are. Or, it takes the 'worst case' approach and formats all lists as if there were three digits for the numbers.... need to look at this more closely before jumping in. patti
259.2	then the user could predeclare the necessary space	ATLAST::BOUKNIGHT	Everything has an outline	`Thu Apr 16 1987 23:20`	4
	how about another optional parameter specifying the number of 'places' to reserve for the list number? jack
259.3	y	CLOSET::ANKLAM		`Fri Apr 17 1987 16:17`	5
	yes, it would have to be something like that. patti
259.4	Why can't DOCUMENT Figure it out?	CLOSET::KAIKOW		`Mon Apr 20 1987 09:18`	2
	Now that DOCUMENT is a 2 pass processor, why can't it figure it out for the user?
259.5	why not.	CLOSET::ANKLAM		`Mon Apr 20 1987 09:23`	5
	the overhead for that would be enormous. The only mechanism we have for saving first-pass information for use during the second pass is the symbol table.
259.6	Is this on or off the track?	CLOSET::KAIKOW		`Mon Apr 20 1987 09:32`	2
	Could you create an internal symbol for each list to keep track of such things? As each list is terminated, the symbol would become available for the next list.
259.7	right justified numbers	50372::CAAHANS	Hans Bachner, ADG Munich	`Mon May 25 1987 04:03`	2
	Suggestions in .2 or .6 would also allow for right-justified list entry numbers (also requested in a previous note). :-)